'Map-reading' for male mice falls foul of BPA
Posted Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:00:00 GMT by Martin Leggett
Bisphenol A (BPA) - a widely-used chemical that has been connected to health worries over cancer, heart disease, and hormone disruption - has left male deer-mice unable to find, or impress, the ladies. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds credence to concerns that mothers and infants exposed to BPA in the womb may suffer from reproductive and behavioral knock-ons.
'Map-reading' for male mice falls foul of BPA